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Seaweed Siren

CR 13.00 Magical Beast CN Large

This creature's three singing heads sway atop serpentine necks that extend from a bulbous body split by a wide, toothy mouth.

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Description

A seaweed siren is a predator that uses false humanlike heads on its upper appendages in order to lure prey. The heads babble nonsense words and fragments of overheard sentences. If spoken to, they respond with words from a similar language. This behavior allows the seaweed siren to creep about under the water with only the heads showing, pretending to be swimming humanoids until it is ready to attack.

Ability Scores

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CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 184 (16d10+96)
AC: 26, touch 11, flat-footed 24 (+2 Dex, +15 natural, –1 size)
Speed: 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
Init: +2
Melee: bite +25 (4d6+15/19–20)
Ranged: 3 sonic beams +17 (5d6 sonic)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 5 ft.
BAB: +16
CMB: +27
CMD: 39 (47 vs. trip)
Fort: +16
Ref: +12
Will: +8
Racial Modifiers: +4 Stealth in water

Special Attacks

Staggering Gaze — Staggered 1d6 rounds, 30 feet, Will DC 22 negates. This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.

trample (1d10+15, DC 28)

Special Qualities

False Heads — A seaweed siren's false heads can be severed. To sever a head, an opponent must make a sunder attempt with a slashing weapon targeting the head. A head is considered a separate weapon with hardness 0 and hit points equal to the siren's Hit Dice (typically 16 hp). To sever a head, an opponent must deal enough damage to reduce the head's hit points to 0 or fewer. Severing a head deals an amount of damage to the siren's body equal to the siren's Hit Dice. A siren can't attack with a severed head. A siren with no remaining heads can't use its cacophony ability or its spell-like abilities.

Water Dependency — A seaweed siren can survive out of the water for 1 hour per point of Constitution (typically 22 rounds). Beyond this limit, a seaweed siren begins to suffocate.

Feats

Blind-Fight, Critical Focus, Deafening Critical, Improved Critical (bite), Point-Blank Shot, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (confusion), Skill Focus (Perception)

Special Abilities

Blind-Fight from Feat

In melee, every time you miss because of concealment (see Combat), you can reroll your miss chance percentile roll one time to see if you actually hit.An invisible attacker gets no advantages related to hitting you in melee. That is, you don't lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class, and the attacker doesn't get the usual +2 bonus for being invisible. The invisible attacker's bonuses do still apply for ranged attacks, however.You do not need to make Acrobatics skill checks to move at full speed while blinded.

Critical Focus from Feat

You receive a +4 circumstance bonus on attack rolls made to confirm critical hits.

Deafening Critical from Feat

Whenever you score a critical hit against an opponent, the victim is permanently deafened. A successful Fortitude save reduces the deafness to 1 round. The DC of this Fortitude save is equal to 10 + your base attack bonus. This feat has no effect on deaf creatures. This deafness can be cured by heal, regeneration, remove deafness, or a similar ability.

Improved Critical from Feat

When using the weapon you selected, your threat range is doubled.

Point-Blank Shot from Feat

You get a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at ranges of up to 30 feet.

Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Skill Focus from Feat

You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.

Skills

Bluff +12, Perception +17, Stealth +17 (+21 in water), Swim +18

Spells

spell-like abilities:

At will—Shatter, 3/day—Charm Monster, 3/day—Confusion, 1/day—Bestow Curse

Details

Type: Magical Beast
Alignment: CN
Size: Large
Environment: any coastlines
Organization: solitary
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +17
Languages: Aklo; tongues
Source: Bestiary 4

Sources Used in This Record

11 House/Core

Uses feat: Blind-Fight (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Critical Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Deafening Critical (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Critical (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Point-Blank Shot (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Skill Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Shatter (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Charm Monster (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Confusion (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Bestow Curse (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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